ExtraFlora

ExtraFlora is a native plant nursery focused on growing plants for species conservation, environmental sustainability, and habitat restoration.
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Nearly all our plants are grown from seed collected within the region.

10/25/2025

This Saturday market will likely be the last one for our regular season this year! Things are getting chilly here in central Kentucky, but it's still a great time to get plants in the ground and think of warmer days ahead. Our first real frost of the season was just yesterday! This week, we're bringing an assortment of trees and shrubs, as well as some spring and early summer-flowering herbaceous perennials. Come out on what's sure to be a frigid morning tomorrow to talk plants with us, grab some lovely fall fruits and veggies, and browse all the awesome crafts other vendors have!

10/11/2025

Plant a tree for tree week! Fall is a great time to plant trees and perennials to let them starts to get established in the ground before they go totally dormant for the winter. This week, we're bringing several woody plant species to the market, so come on out for Kid's Day at the Franklin County Farmers Market and take home some plants that will last a lifetime (or more)!

09/13/2025

Come out the the Franklin County Farmers Market today and pick out some native plants to plant this fall for blooms next spring and summer! The end of the season is just around the corner, but fall is a great time to plant perennials, including trees & shrubs.

It's kid's day at the market today, and we'll have Purple Coneflower seed packets for just $1 each, so your little ones can watch the process of seeds turning into beautiful, pollinator-friendly plants next season!

Today, we'll have some late-season blooming plants, like Sneezeweed, Swamp Aster, and Side-oats Grama.

08/30/2025

We'll be at the Franklin County Farmers Market today! Visit us under the pavilion at 404 Wilkinson Blvd to browse plants, fruits & veggies, crafts, and more!

As the season begins to draw to a close, we've been seeing tons of butterflies in the nursery and on the farm! Monarch butterflies seem to be having a great year so far, and you can help them on their migratory journey all the way to Mexico by planting nectar-rich native plants!

07/26/2025

We'll be at the Franklin County Farmers Market today from 8:30 to noon! Come out to talk plants and visit the other vendors this morning!

We're bringing a few new species to the market this week, including New Jersey Tea, Wild Senna, and Beebalm!

07/19/2025

We'll be at both the Anderson County Farmers Market and Mercer County Farmers Market today! The rain looks like it'll hold out until this evening, so come pick up some native plants to plant today, and you might not even have to water them yourself!

This week, we'll have several species that are host plants for butterflies and moths! Just to name a few- Coralberry is a host for the Snowberry Clearwing, Golden Alexander is a host for Black Swallowtail butterflies, and Swamp Milkweed is a host for the always lovely Monarch butterflies!

07/12/2025

Come out and talk plants with us at the Anderson County and Mercer County Farmers Markets today!

07/05/2025

We'll be at the Anderson County Farmers Market tomorrow, July 5th from 9am - noon! Several new additions to our availability list will be for sale there, including Rattlesnake Master, River Oats, Pawpaw, and Kentucky Coffeetree. Come out and talk plants tomorrow morning!

07/01/2025

Did you know we grow almost all our plants from seed?

Growing from seed ensures there's at least some genetic diversity among the individuals we're able to offer. Since many of our plants end up in restoration and landscape settings, it's important to conserve as much genetic diversity as possible of the original population from which the seed was collected. Most of the time, this means that when we're collecting seed in the field, we're taking few seeds from many plants in a population.

While the degree to which genetic diversity is important or even present in a population or species varies dramatically, seed reproduction allows for genetic recombination, or exchanging of genetic material between individuals, which inherently makes the seeds (and subsequently seedlings) produced more genetically diverse than clones. If we were to grow our plants from cuttings or tissue culture plantlets, we'd essentially be growing all the same exact individual!

Genetic diversity in plants begets their ability to respond to and adapt over time to their environment. More diversity usually means the population has a higher likelihood of persisting on the landscape because there's more of a chance that at least some individuals will be well-adapted to their environment as it changes over time and experiences different stressors.

Pictured here are seedlings of:
Senna hebecarpa
Cuphea viscosissima
Capnoides sempervirens
Eryngium yuccifolium
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Opuntia cespitosa
Rudbeckia hirta

06/28/2025

Come see us at the markets today! This Saturday, June 28th, we'll be attending the Franklin County Farmers Market in Frankfort and Anderson County Farmers Market in Lawrenceburg. Several new species are available at each market!

06/20/2025

Happy solstice and pollinator week! ExtraFlora will be at the Mercer County Farmers Market & Anderson County Farmers Market tomorrow, June 21st!

In addition to our regular market season, we invite folks to visit the nursery in person by making an appointment! We can only bring a small selection of our plants to the market, but now you can browse the whole nursery! To make an appointment or order plants, message us here or email [email protected].

To see our entire available catalog of plants, visit our website: https://www.extrafloralbotanicals.com/

12/15/2024

Did you know you can still plant perennials and trees in winter?

Planting dormant plants in the fall and winter is a great way to help them get established and acclimated in the soil before growing new shoots in the spring!

Visit our website to browse all available species and order trees and bare-root plants!
https://www.extrafloralbotanicals.com/

Herbaceous perennials survive the winter as roots, tubers, or corms, and pop up with all new foliage in the growing season. Trees and shrubs that lose their leaves in the winter benefit from fall and winter planting by using less water than in the growing season, allowing them to put more energy into their roots before making new leaves in the spring.

Give the gift of native plants to a loved one, a friend, or to the land you care for!

Pictured here are shining sumac (Rhus copallinum) and splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius).

Address

Salvisa, KY
40372

Telephone

+16067946333

Website

https://www.extrafloralbotanicals.com/

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